All speculation, but a lot of people believe that Amazon will fulfil orders into NZ from AU, with presumably lower shipping than from other Amazon regions. Also possibly a prelude to a move into NZ. Amazon coming to the region is a great thing for consumers, but is likely to hurt if not outright kill a whole bunch of companies like JB Hifi, Harvey Norman, etc.

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I was looking at the new Samsung Gear Sport yesterday. It's currently $449 at Noel Leeming, think I've seen it advertised in the $400s at JB too. I can get it to my door from Amazon for $465 - shipping only accounts for $11.

Having a warehouse in Australia isn't going to change the GST equation. And given Aussie is notoriously expensive for technology, it remains to be seen what effect Amazon will have there.

NZ is likely too small for an Amazon warehouse. Australia's close and they get great shipping rates.

Don't be so sure. A lot of people think that Amazon will set up a fulfilment centre (or two) in the upper north island sometime in the next year or two.

The Warehouse group certainly think so. That is why they went for the shipping deal with NZ Post. They ran a customer survey a couple of months ago in which they tried to gauge consumer reaction to a local Amazon fulfilment centre.

NZ is likely too small for an Amazon warehouse. Australia's close and they get great shipping rates.

Don't be so sure. A lot of people think that Amazon will set up a fulfilment centre (or two) in the upper north island sometime in the next year or two.

The Warehouse group certainly think so. That is why they went for the shipping deal with NZ Post. They ran a customer survey a couple of months ago in which they tried to gauge consumer reaction to a local Amazon fulfilment centre.

Amazon Australia would be their smallest operation. I seriously doubt they'd open anything here. USA has 400 million people, NZ is 1%, a rounding error. Why bother wasting energy on us? Let the aussie operation kill 2 birds with one stone. Even aussie must have been a line call.

The Warehouse group certainly think so. That is why they went for the shipping deal with NZ Post. They ran a customer survey a couple of months ago in which they tried to gauge consumer reaction to a local Amazon fulfilment centre.

I did the trial of that.. apart from the crappy "authenticating by same email" concept I was reasonably happy with it at $12/2 months with no minimum purchase, then they put in $10 minimum and bumped the price to $20 and I laughed and didn't renew.

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